DDT, Y'all

Today in Geometry we tried Dance, Dance Transversal as popularized by Jessica and Julie. The kids dug it, and nailed an exit ticket identifying names of pairs of angles. I followed Julie's plan pretty closely. I loved that the kids were up and moving around for a good 20 minutes of class. (Was anyone else traumatized by that Grant Wiggins article? I'm very on the lookout for ways to make kids move.)

I just want to add one more resource to the arsenal: a powerpoint I made to show while playing. The slides auto-play the different moves. There are some initial slides that demonstrate where to put your feet for each cue. Then, the first two game slides are timed with a 1.5 second delay and worked well with Problem, and the second two game slides are timed with a 1 second delay and worked well with Dynamite.

Here's video. In case you're wondering, I did also play along, every period. Because their dancing did not have enough FLAVOR, and I had to demonstrate. Try to ignore the one kid doing some kind of demented hopscotch: